• Lotto Tix as a Gift? New Campaign Says Don’t Buy Them for Youth

    With Thanksgiving over, the holiday shopping season has the full attention of many Americans. But in Minnesota and elsewhere, people are being asked to be responsible when buying lottery tickets as gifts. The Minnesota Lottery and the Minnesota Alliance on Problem Gambling are again taking part in an annual campaign...
  • CA Outdoor Recreation Worth $54 Billion Per Year: Federal Data

    California is number one in the country for dollars spent on camping, hiking, climbing, and biking, according to the latest federal data. The most recent report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis also names boating and RV trips as the state’s most lucrative outdoor sector. Katie Hawkins, California program manager for...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Battery Shortage In The US?

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk As the climate crisis worsens and public outcry can no longer be ignored, policymakers are tasked with ramping up the production of renewable energy. The Biden Administration has announced its desire to de-carbonize the grid by 2035. According to the Environmental Protection Agency...
  • Sagitario y sus posibilidades en el amor

    Sagitario con Aries Comparten criterios en la manera de sentir y vivir la vida. Los dos signos tienden a tener arranques de ira, lo que ocasionará ciertas fricciones, conflictos y falta de entendimiento; pero como no saben guardar rencores ni resentimientos, perdonan y olvidan con relativa facilidad. Si aprenden...
  • Elections Are Never Over in Arizona

    Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services Weeks after this year’s midterm elections, controversies continue to buffet the political process in Arizona. At a late November briefing hosted by the nonpartisan nonprofit organization Protect Democracy, speakers described the dangers and absurdity of the latest chapter in what, for Arizona, has become...
  • Schools must help homeless students. Here’s what you should know

    This story originally appeared in the California Health Report.  When is a student considered homeless? The definition of homelessness among K-12 students is laid out in the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, a federal law that details the help public schools must give unstably housed children. That includes students living in...
  • Are California’s Hispanic Serving Institutions living up to their name?

    Megan Tagami & Matthew Reagan CalMatters As a senior in high school, Ashley Chetla hoped to find a college where she felt supported – not only as a student, but as a Latina. Chetla enrolled at Cal State Los Angeles, drawn to the university’s status as a Hispanic Serving...
  • Flu and other respiratory viruses increasing in Santa Clara County

    Santa Clara County Public Health SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. – New data show that flu activity is higher in Santa Clara County than usually seen at this time of year, with levels increasing since the start of November. County of Santa Clara Public Health Department data show the weekly percentage...
  • Alarming Surge of Pediatric RSV

    Peter White Ethnic Media Services A common virus with flu-like symptoms is infecting very young children in large numbers, leading to a spike in the number of emergency room visits and hospitalizations in recent weeks. Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, was first identified in 1956; there is no vaccine...
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